No. 2 was the city of Sanford, which spent an enormous sum on police overtime, a decision that pushed spending to about $183,000.

Zimmerman went on trial June 10 charged with murder in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon. A six-member jury acquitted Zimmerman on July 13.

Security is one of the reasons the trial was so expensive. The decision by Sanford police to not arrest Zimmerman in the days following the shooting set off weeks of demonstrations. Fearing more, local law enforcement spent an enormous amount of time preparing for and guarding against violence.

Also, Zimmerman had received death threats. As a consequence, dozens of extra officers were at the courthouse. They stopped every vehicle pulling into the parking lot if they did not recognizethe driver.

Juror costs also were unusually high. Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ordered the panel sequestered, meaning jurors were forced to live in a hotel, isolated from their families and media reports. Their care and feeding during the 22 days of sequestration cost $34,600, paid for by Clerk of Courts Maryanne Morse.

By comparison, the cost of housing and feeding the sequestered jury in the Casey Anthony child-murder case in Orlando two years ago was five times that — topping $186,000. But that trial lasted six weeks, and the panel was made up of 12 jurors andfour alternates.

The Zimmerman trial totals are based, in part, on estimates and do not include the cost of the criminal investigation or any pretrial costs.

For example, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey did not provide any information about her costs. All of her nonsalary expenses must be paid by the Seminole-Brevard State Attorney's Office. It provided an $80,000 advance to her Jacksonville-based office in mid-June but has not received an accountof how those funds were spent.

The trial costs also donot include what Zimmerman and his lawyers spent, only what was spent by public agencies that dedicated personnel and resources to the trial.